FREQUENTLY ASKED QUETIONS

FAQ

Payments

If you’re resident in the Netherlands and a private student, you are entitled to deduct the money you spend on tuition, books and specialist literature for your profession or future profession as a personal expense on your tax return.

Hospitality Entrepreneurs

Employers and entrepreneurs can deduct tuition costs as business expenses. No threshold amount applies to business. For specific advice, please contact your tax consultant or the Dutch Tax Administration.

You can book your course online and pay by ideal or with your credit card (master card or visa).If any complications occur feel free to contact us to help you in this process.Note: if you have received a booking code please make sure you enter it correctly before the payment.

This depends on your skill level and desired result. Please go to course details and find out which course suits you best. We recommend the Advanced Bartending course, this course is suitable for all skill levels.

No. Many bartending schools hint at this or flat-out promise it, but we know of no school that fulfils that promise. The factors affecting whether you get a job are:

If there are vacancies in the bar you apply to.

If you make a good impression with your application/at the interview.

If you fit the mental picture the owner/manager has of the bartender they want.

If you have the experience the owner/manager requires.

If you have what the owner/manager thinks is the right personality and attitude.

If you fulfill other requirements of the job, example: being able to work fulltime/part-time, be on-call, have a reliable means of transport other than public transport, be over 18 (or 21 in the US), having a full residence and work permit, having compulsory qualifications such as Sociaal Hygiene (NL), TIPS (US) or RSA (Australia).

If you have the knowledge and skills to bartend professionally. This course can only help you with the last factor, knowledge and skills, so it would be very wrong to guarantee you’ll get a job. However, we believe that all other things being equal, doing this course gives you a significant advantage over a rival job applicant who has not. Not least because you can demonstrate with video clips that you are able to work quickly, efficiently, cleanly and safely while making every sort of drink. Like every industry, it is unlikely you’ll get exactly the job you want in your very first job – but if you persevere and keep improving, you will find yourself with the perfect job in no time.

No, but to get the most out of the master bartender course, a moderate knowledge and skills level in cocktail bartending is preferable. A basic knowledge of spirits, basic cocktail preparation technique and basic free-pouring skills are required.

People with no bartending experience who want to get a job in a bar, and

Bartenders who haven’t had much opportunity for professional training and want to improve / move upwards to work in better bars. This course does not create head bartenders, mixologists or bar consultants. The best way to improve and become capable at these sorts of advanced bartending jobs as quickly as possible after this course is to work in a good bar and constantly try to apply the knowledge and techniques you have learned. There is no substitute for experience or maturity.

Travel, parking and accomodation

Option 1) Parking Q park Museumplein (€50,- per day)Option 2) Parking in a Park & Ride, (€ 10 – 20 ,- per day)Park outside of the central and take public transport to the academyOption 3) Public transport to the academy.